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Md. Hassan uz-Zaman
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h.uzzaman@utexas.edu
Hassan is interested in how new genes arise de novo in bacteria. Specifically, he's investigating how previously non-coding elements transition into being "proto-genes", and what role viruses may have in explaining bacterial gene origin.
Academic history
• PhD, Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Texas at Austin, 2019-2024
• M.S., Department of Microbiology, University of Dhaka (Bangladesh), 2016
• B.S. Department of Microbiology, University of Dhaka (Bangladesh), 2015
Professional History
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, (2024 – present)
• Senior Research Officer, International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), (February 2019 – July 2019)
• Research Officer, International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), (March 2017 – January 2019)
• Research Assistant, Dept. of Microbiology, University of Dhaka, August 2016 – February 2017.
Publications
Uz-Zaman M. H. and H. Ochman (2025) De novo gene birth and the conundrum of ORFan genes in bacteria Genome Res. 35(8):1679-1688. doi: 10.1101/gr.280157.124
Uz-Zaman M. H., S. D'Alton, J. E. Barrick, and H. Ochman (2024) Promoter recruitment drives the emergence of proto-genes in a long-term evolution experiment with Escherichia coli. PLoS Biol. 22:e3002418. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002418.
McInnes, R. S., Uz-Zaman, M. H., Alam, I. T., Ho, S. F. S., Moran, R. A., Clemens, J. D., ... & van Schaik, W. (2021). Metagenome-wide analysis of rural and urban surface waters and sediments in Bangladesh identifies human waste as a driver of antibiotic resistance. Msystems, 6(4), e00137-21. 2
Islam, M. S., Zaman, M. H., Islam, M. S., Ahmed, N., & Clemens, J. D. (2020). Environmental reservoirs of Vibrio cholerae. Vaccine, 38, A52-A62.
Rahman, M. M., Penny, G., Mondal, M. S., Zaman, M. H., Kryston, A., Salehin, M., ... & Müller, M. F. (2019). Salinization in large river deltas: Drivers, impacts and socio-hydrological feedbacks. Water security, 6, 100024.
Uz-Zaman, M., Rahman, A., & Yasmin, M. (2018). Epidemiology of hepatitis B virus infection in Bangladesh: prevalence among general population, risk groups and genotype distribution. Genes, 9(11), 541.
Rahman, M. M., Ahmad, S., Mahmud, A. S., Hassan-uz-Zaman, M., Nahian, M. A., Ahmed, A., ... & Streatfield, P. K. (2019). Health consequences of climate change in Bangladesh: An overview of the evidence, knowledge gaps and challenges. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, 10(5), e601.